In total, some six million tourists visited Lyon during 2014, according to figures published on Friday by ONLYLYON Tourisme et Congrès. Hotels benefited from this influx, as shown by the increase in the number of overnight stays (+1.4% compared with 2013, to 4.2 million overnight stays). The Business Tourism - Convention and Exhibition Bureau division points out that it won 63 contracts last year - half of which (50%) were international - representing 134,349 delegate days. What's more, the size of these projects doubled in 2014, with an average of 3,040 participants, compared with 1,148 in 2013.
